Pictures in History

Members of the 101st Airborne Division shown aboard a USAF C-130 at Pham Thiet Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, for airlift to Phi Troung Air Base during Operation Austin 6., 04/1966
9/3/03(Courtesy National Archives found by our history buff, Tony Mabb)

South Vietnam. A UH-1D Medevac helicopter takes off to pick up an injured member of the 101st Airborne Division, near the demilitarized zone., 10/16/19699/3/03(Courtesy National Archives found by our history buff, Tony Mabb)

9/3/03(Courtesy National Archives found by our history buff, Tony Mabb)

Vietnam....Members of Companies B and D, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, take a break from jungle fighting east of Tam Ky., 06/02/19699/3/03(Courtesy National Archives found by our history buff, Tony Mabb)

Propaganda leaflet 1970
9/3/03(Courtesy National Archives found by our history buff, Tony Mabb)

Vietnam....Members of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), join the children of Ap Uu Thoung hamlet in a game of baseball. The troopers are members of a Battalion Action Team involved in pacification operations in Phong Dieu District, north of Hue., 01/15/1970
9/3/03(Courtesy National Archives found by our history buff, Tony Mabb)

Vietnam - 1975...America pulls out of Vietnam.
The song "White Christmas" began playing over the radio to alert those personnel that the evacuation was beginning.This message was sent to inform officials that the Saigon Embassy office was closed.
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(Courtesy Bob GriffinSAPPER 326 Engineers)

Vietnam - 1975The hotel next to the embassy was used to for a Landing Zone. Click Here for large view5/17/07
(Courtesy Bob GriffinSAPPER 326 Engineers)